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Monday, February 14
Black Learners Aren’t Enrolling or Staying in College. A New Poll Shows Why.
(Lumina Foundation)
Can Science Be More Equitable So That Everyone Enjoys the Benefits? Open Science Is the Answer
(UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
NISO Publishes New Recommended Practice for Video and Audio Metadata
(NISO: National Information Standards Organization)
Revisiting the Openverse: Finding Open Images and Audio
(CC: Creative Commons)
Student Engagement a Growing Problem for Colleges Post-COVID, According to New Wiley Research
(Wiley)
When State Secrets Land in the Hands of University Librarians
(Washington Post)
ARL Member Libraries
Arts Library Reopens with a Fresh New Look
(UCLA)
Brown Library’s Second Born-Digital Publication Wins PROSE Award
(Brown University Library)
Get in the KNOW: Libraries’ Knowledge Lab Opens in Wilmeth Active Learning Center
(Purdue University Libraries and School of Information Studies)
Library of Congress Digitization Strategy: 2023–2027
(Library of Congress)
McMaster University Library Welcomes Three Associate University Librarians
(McMaster University Library)
Libraries—Other
Educopia Announces 2022 and 2023 Board Appointments
(Educopia Institute)
Higher Ed
Podcast: The Culture Wars Have Come for American Higher Ed. Again.
(ACE: American Council on Education)
Advocacy & Public Policy
ACLS Community Members Sign Open Letter in Defense of AP African American Studies
(ACLS: American Council of Learned Societies)
LCA Joins Amicus Brief: Gonzalez v. Google
(LCA: Library Copyright Alliance)
Presidents’ Alliance Applauds Reintroduction of Bipartisan Dream Act Sponsored by Senators Durbin and Graham
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Alternative Strategies to Support a Diverse Student Body
(Ithaka S+R)
Scholars & Scholarship
Are Papers Published in Predatory Journals Worthless? A Geopolitical Dimension Revealed by Content-Based Analysis of Citations
(Quantitative Science Studies)
OASPA and DOAJ Announce the Launch of an Open Access Journals Toolkit
(Research Consulting)
Reception Reader: Exploring Text Reuse in Early-Modern British Publications (preprint)|
(arXiv)
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Tuesday, February 14
Top o’ the Review
EDUCAUSE QuickPoll Results: Did ChatGPT Write This Report?
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Higher Ed Institutions, STEMM Organizations Should Act to Change Cultures to Support Inclusive Excellence and Dismantle Barriers Created by Systemic Racism and Implicit Bias
(US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
News & Views: Open Access Books
(Delta Think)
Now Available: IFLA Academic and Research Libraries (ARL) Newsletter Issue #5
(IFLA: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)
Video: ACRL Presents: Inclusive Leadership
(ACRL: Association of College and Research Libraries)
ARL Member Libraries
Episodes of Groundbreaking PowerPoint Show Now Available Online
(University of Maryland Libraries)
Librarians Help Students “Separate the Wheat from the Chaff”
(The George Washington University)
New Special Collection Featuring LGBTQ+ History! In The Life, from UCLA Film & Television Archive
(UCLA, Library of Congress, and GBH via AAPB: American Archive of Public Broadcasting)
PUL Acquires 1861 Letter by Frederick Douglass
(PUL: Princeton University Library)
Rare, Vintage, Swiss Poster Collection Finds a Home at Virginia Tech
(Virginia Tech)
Vanderbilt Libraries Add Image-Based Research to Discovery Agenda
(Vanderbilt University)
Libraries—Other
2023 LPC Board Election: Candidate Bios and Statements
(LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
Advocacy & Public Policy
ACE, Groups Call for Overhaul of the Federal Financial Aid System in Comments on Education Department’s Income-Driven Repayment Plans
(ACE: American Council on Education)
States Consider Bills to Subsidize Local Newspaper Subscriptions
(MediaPost)
Data & Analytics
A Modern Framework for Institutional Analytics
(EDUCAUSE Review)
Scholars & Scholarship
Introducing the Library of Guidance for Health Scientists (LIGHTS): A Living Database for Methods Guidance
(JAMA Network Open)
In Other News
Bill Gates Joins 26 Newcomers on List of 50 Biggest Donors
(AP: Associated Press)
Younger Canadians Experience Lower Perceived Well-Being: Insights from the Canadian Social Survey
(Statistics Canada)
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Wednesday, February 15
Top o’ the Review
American Library Association Rainbow Round Table Announces Top 10 Book List
(ALA: American Library Association)
Mellon Foundation Announces Imagining Freedom, an Arts & Humanities Initiative Supporting Creatives and Thinkers Reenvisioning the Criminal Legal System
(The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
Research Funders Supporting DOAJ’s Future
(DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)
ROR Turns Four: Highlights from the 2023 Annual Community Meeting
(ROR: Research Organization Registry)
Sustaining Art Research Collections: Using Data to Explore Collaboration
(OCLC Research)
The Role of Open Data in Digital Society: The Analysis of Scientific Trending Topics through a Bibliometric Approach
(Frontiers in Sociology)
ARL Member Libraries
Big Ten Academic Alliance and Wiley Extend Open-Access Agreement
(BTAA: Big Ten Academic Alliance)
IU Libraries Supports Open Anthro
(Indiana University Bloomington Libraries)
Library of Congress Receives $2.5 Million from Lilly Endowment Inc.
(Library of Congress)
Mapping the Stories of Formerly Enslaved Black Londoners Focus of New Research
(Western University)
MIT Press Announces Inaugural Recipients of the Grant Program for Diverse Voices
(MIT Press)
University of Oregon and Oregon State University Collaborate to Launch Oregon Digital
(University of Oregon Libraries)
Higher Ed
Academics Say Bots Keep Targeting Their Research on LGBTQ Health
(Motherboard, VICE)
Advocacy & Public Policy
US Department of Education Launches Review of Prohibition on Incentive Compensation for College Recruiters
(US Department of Education)
Young Policy Experts Author Special Issue on Open Science Policies as an Accelerator for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
(UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
Scholars & Scholarship
New Policies Address Paper Mills and Unprofessional Conduct
(PLOS: Public Library of Science)
Open Peer Reviewers in Africa: A Train-of-Trainer Program Pilot Recap
(PREreview)
Relatedly: Scaffolding Literature Reviews with Existing Related Work Sections
(arXiv)
Upcoming Event (February 20, March 9 & March 13): Experimental Books: Re-imagining Scholarly Publishing, Online Conference in Three Parts
(COPIM: Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs)
In Other News
Science & Tech Spotlight: Digital Twins—Virtual Models of People and Objects
(GAO: US Government Accountability Office)
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Thursday, February 16
Top o’ the Review
ARL Celebrates Fair Use/Fair Dealing Week: February 20–24, 2023
(ARL: Association of Research Libraries)
CLIR Announces Publication of the Amplifying Unheard Voices Program Evaluation Report
(CLIR: Council on Library and Information Resources)
“Libraries Model Sustainability”: The Results of an OCLC Survey on Library Contributions to the Sustainable Development Goals
(IFLA Journal)
Preventing Sexual Harassment and Reducing Harm by Addressing Abuses of Power in Higher Education Institutions
(US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
Search-Engine Manipulation to Spread Pro-Kremlin Propaganda
(Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) Misinformation Review)
TOME Sheds Light on Sustainable Open-Access Book Publishing
(Digital Science)
ARL Member Libraries
Intersections: Incorporating Trans and Gender-Diverse Inclusion into Library Publishing
(Dartmouth College via LPC: Library Publishing Coalition)
McLeod Library Makeover
(University of South Carolina)
Q&A: María Estorino Begins Position as University Librarian
(Daily Tar Heel)
See also: Podcast interview with María Estorino (via Chapelboro)
UBC’s Research Data Management (RDM) Strategy
(The University of British Columbia)
Libraries—Other
Knowledge Unlatched Shares Results of 2022 Pledging
(Knowledge Unlatched)
Launch of the PID Network Project—Understanding Metadata Workflows
(DataCite)
Higher Ed—Members
NYU Names Linda G. Mills As Its 17th President
(NYU: New York University)
University Innovation Alliance Announces Ambitious New Project to Help Students Succeed in Critical College Courses
(University Innovation Alliance)
Higher Ed—Other
Opening the Black Box of Credit Transfer to Everyone
(Ithaka S+R)
Advocacy & Public Policy
Administrative Agenda for Immigration and Higher Education
(Presidents’ Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration)
US Department of Education Announces More Than $188 Million from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to Support Mental Health and Student Wellness
(US Department of Education)
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Executive Order on Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities through the Federal Government.
(The White House)
See also: White House fact sheet about the executive order
Scholars & Scholarship
Envisioning the Next-Gen Document Reader (preprint)
(arXiv)
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